There's no business like show business: For Thailand's Chinese opera troupes—there are as many as 30 in and around Bangkok—Lunar New Year is the busy season, as they travel from temple to temple, sometimes sleeping on hammocks slung under the stage.

There's no business like show business: For Thailand's Chinese opera troupes—there are as many as 30 in and around Bangkok—Lunar New Year is the busy season, as they travel from temple to temple, sometimes sleeping on hammocks slung under the stage.

It's the year of the horse that will be welcome on Jan. 31, making a 6.5-meter rocking horse a suitable field decoration in northeastern Taiwan's Yilan county. Correction: An earlier version of this caption incorrectly said Yilan County is in southern Taiwan.

It's the year of the horse that will be welcome on Jan. 31, making a 6.5-meter rocking horse a suitable field decoration in northeastern Taiwan's Yilan county. Correction: An earlier version of this caption incorrectly said Yilan County is in southern Taiwan.

The new-year travel rush, which started Jan. 16, on display at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station. Chinese train travelers are expected to make about 257 million trips during the New Year travel period—though to be fair, the period is 40 days long.

The new-year travel rush, which started Jan. 16, on display at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station. Chinese train travelers are expected to make about 257 million trips during the New Year travel period—though to be fair, the period is 40 days long.

Now these look like actual cakes, despite being made of glutinous rice. Yao people in south China's Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County have the tradition of making for the Spring Festival and harvest celebration.

Now these look like actual cakes, despite being made of glutinous rice. Yao people in south China's Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County have the tradition of making for the Spring Festival and harvest celebration.

The stalls at the Lunar New Year Fair in Hong Kong's Victoria Park sell New Year delicacies and toys as well as auspicious plants, which include narcissus, peony, chrysanthemum, peach, tangerine and orange. And, lest we forget, balloons.

The stalls at the Lunar New Year Fair in Hong Kong's Victoria Park sell New Year delicacies and toys as well as auspicious plants, which include narcissus, peony, chrysanthemum, peach, tangerine and orange. And, lest we forget, balloons.